Truss



l. H. DOWNIE.

TRUSS.

APPLICATIONFILED SEPT.- 10| |919.

1,375,448, v Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

amer@ STsTS JAMES H. D OWNE, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

TR'USS.

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Application led September ,10, 1919.

To czZZ whom t may concern: A

Be it known that l, Jarras ll. Downni, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Truss, of which the following is a specilication.

rlhe object of my invention is to prmfide a truss of improved construction which will hold the rupture without causing discomfort to the wearer, and which is adapted for use in case of a single rupture as well as for use in case of a double rupture. lt is an especial object of my invention to provide a novel spring plate adapted to extend across the abdomen and to project suliiciently at each side of the wearer so that the ends will not press against the body but will project so that the ends of the band which engages the spring plate will be held free from the sides of the wearer so as to obviate any irritation ou the hips. lt is further my object to provide improved oval pads of soft rubber secured to the metal plate by cement and without the use of bolts or screws or similar fastening devices. lt is further my object to provide an improved waterproof band adjustablv secured to the spring plate. l attain these and other objects of my invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Y Figure l is a top plan of the invention as it appears in use;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the spring plate;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through one of the rubber pads and the corresponding portion of the spring plate on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective of a portion of band 7, partly in section, showing the means for adjustment.

Like numerals designate like parts in each of the views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l provide a spring plate consisting of a single strip of spring metal, comprising oval portions 3, which are the pad plates to which soft rubber oval pads 4: are secured by cement; an intermediate portion 2 connecting pads 3 and arched upwardly as shown in Fig. 2; and end portions 'l of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

serial No. 322,889.

upwardly arched form extending out from vided with a suitable button 5 to which band 7 is engaged, adjustably, by means of openings 8, as shown in Figs. l and 4:. I provide a waterproof band 7 consisting of a length of rubber tubing 10 inclosing'a suitable band of webbing or fabric 9. The ends of tubing 10 are vulcanized together at the portions where openings 8 are positioned and extending to the ends of the tubing.

rlhe above described construction makes it possible to wear the truss while taking a bath, as the band is waterproof and the spring plate is of nonrusting metal. ln use, the ends of the spring plate project beyond the body as shown diagrammatically in Fig. l, which arrangement prevents chafing or like discomfort to the wearer. The spring plate is normally a straight and flat strip of metal of the shape shown and gives pressure by being drawn back against the abdomen, when it conforms itself to the shape of the body and is held in position by the band around the hips.-

What I claim is: Y

l. In a flat springtruss, the combination of an integral spring metal platev having spaced oval enlarged portions and having an upwardly arched connecting portion, and having upwardly arched end portions eX- tending beyond the oval portions, said end portions being of sufficient length to project beyond the hips of the wearer whenV the truss is applied, flat rubber pad members cemented to the oval portions to form flat truss elements, and a waterproof `band adjustably attached to the end portions of the spring metal plate to secure the device about the wearer.

2. ln a truss, the combination of an integral spring metal plate, said plate having suitably spaced enlarged oval portions, flat rubber pads secured rigidly to the oval portions, upwardly arched end portions `,eX- tending beyond the oval portions to such length as to project beyond the hips of the wearer when the truss is on the wearer, and a band adjustably securing the spring metal plate to the wearer, as and for the purposes described in the foregoing specification.

JAMES H. DWNIE. 

